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The Adventure of the Wordy Companion: An A-Z guide to Sherlockian Phraseology

Nicko Vaughan

Swansea University Author: Nicko Vaughan

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What would you buy in slop-shop? What would you put in your lumber room? And what on earth does the obliquity of the ecliptic actually mean? This A-Z of Sherlockian Phraseology can help you find out. A handy guide to those “wordy words” and references found within the pages of Arthur Conan Doyle’s b...

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ISBN: 978-1-78705-316-8 978-1-78705-317-5
Published: 335 Princess Park Manor, London, N11 3GX MX Publishing 2018
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